Alastair Scott

University of Auckland

Non-response in case-control studies

We develop the properties of a broad class of estimating equations designed to handle non-response in population-based case-control studies. The class includes survey-weighting along with a number of other methods some of which attain full semi-parametric efficiency. We compare the efficiency of the methods in simulations based on the Women’s Cardiovascular Health Study (Schwartz et al 1977, Ann. Internal Medicine 127, 596-603).